[[The Cheat]] and his trusty computer [[Tangerine Dreams]] have been spewing out Flash cartoons for quite a while now. The Cheat's toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation, poor imitations of the character's voices (provided by [[Mike Chapman]]), and nonexistent plots. He always incorporates himself into his cartoons usually making himself seem awesome or receive some sort of prize or sometimes in a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances|Hitchcock-style cameo]]. The Cheat has won many prizes for these cartoons in real life, including an iron goblet full of Brunswick Stew and the so called "Pizza Trophy".

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"'''Powered by The Cheat'''" toons are [[Flash]] animations created by [[The Cheat]] and his computers, [[Tangerine Dreams]] (2002-2004), [[Monosodium Dreams]] (2006-2014), and [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|his new iMac]] (2018-present). Many of them are [[Flash]] toons within the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. The toons, which are a parody of the many poorly drawn Flash cartoons on the web, are usually packed with bad animation and [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations|character depictions]], poor imitations of the characters' voices (provided by [[Mike Chapman]]), vocalised sound effects, and senseless or nonexistent plots.

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The Cheat has also provided animation for other [[Free Country, USA]] artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of [[The Skate Party]], [[They Might Be Giants]] and many more.

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It is never explained how The Cheat manages to imitate the other characters speaking human language; in all regular toons, The Cheat speaks in his own native "The Cheat" language. In the [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech]] appearance, an audience member asked [[The Brothers Chaps]] a question concerning this, and [[Matt Chapman]] responded in [[Strong Bad]]'s voice, "The guy's got two throats," and that, "he goes into this secret room when he does the voices, so I never see how he does it." He often [[Powered by The Cheat Cameo Appearances|incorporates himself into his cartoons]], sometimes in a [[Wikipedia:List_of_Hitchcock_cameo_appearances|Hitchcock-style cameo]], but usually portraying himself as superior to the other characters or receiving some sort of prize. The Cheat has won five prizes for these cartoons in "real" life, including an [[New Boots|iron cup full of Brunswick Stew]], a [[pizza]] for his "[[Everybody to the Limit]]" music video, the fabled "Pizza [[Trophy]]", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.

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==Powered By The Cheat Stuff==

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These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email [[mile]], which The Cheat guest-authored, is an ideal example of what he most desires yet cannot possibly possess. The Cheat shamelessly elevates his status in the eyes of others through praise given by his boss, [[Strong Bad]], while [[Marzipan]] finally gives him the [[Marzipan and The Cheat's Relationship|attention and affection he has been craving]]. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one [[Date Nite|date]] together.

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The Cheat has provided animation for other [[Free Country, USA]] artists. He has also collaborated with the likes of [[The Skate Party]], [[They Might Be Giants]], and more.

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It has been referred to by Strong Bad in a Quote of the week as an outtake from [[Most In The Graveyard]] as "The Cheat's regular animating crap".

*[[Experimental Film]] &mdash; The Cheat co-directs the music video for They Might Be Giants' "Experimental Film" with [[Strong Sad]].

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*[[Labor Dabor]] &mdash; The Cheat makes some bowling animations.

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*Email [[animal]] &mdash; Strong Bad's descriptions of the [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]] are rendered in PBTC style, and the style is seen again in two Easter eggs.

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*Email [[rock opera]] &mdash; Many of the visuals during the opera are in PBTC style.

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*Email [[bedtime story]] &mdash; The visuals in The Cheat's bedtime story with [[Moses Malone]] are completely PBTC style.

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*Email [[narrator]] &mdash; An Easter egg with the [[Marzipan]] Alien and [[Nebulon]] is done in PBTC style.

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*[[Summer Short Shorts]] &mdash; The second sequence is a PBTC cartoon set in the "Millionzoic Era".

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*Email [[theme song]] &mdash; An announcer interrupts the closing credits to advertise an upcoming show called ''Powered By The Cheat'', which that night would have featured [[Strong Mad]] getting his own talk show.

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*Email [[strong badathlon]] &mdash; PBTC versions of Strong Bad, The Cheat playing a guitar, and a hot girl are shown during the "Probably Something With Guitars, Lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls" event.

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*Email [[web comics]] &mdash; The Cheat has a web comic in which he makes PBTC-style drawings based on the senders' names of spam emails.

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*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] &mdash; A scene in which a [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]] console explodes is drawn and animated in PBTC style.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And what is that terrible voice? Is that supposed to be Homestar?

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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Defensive The Cheat noises}''

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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Questioning The Cheat noises}''

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'''STRONG BAD:''' The animation looks terrible. It's all jerky, ya know, like it was done by a two years old boy.

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|[[Rap Song]]||

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'''COACH Z:''' The Chort, that was amazing! It's gonna rocket straight to the bottom of the BET charts!

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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

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'''COACH Z:''' Oh, your payment. How's about a nice slice of chin strap pizza? ''{holds up a pizza slice that has a chin strap on it}''

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''{The Cheat sinks out of view, making sick-sounding The Cheat noises.}''

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|[[Trudgemank]]||

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''{The Cheat looks around for viewers and lowers his head, looking disappointed. He then gives himself a pizza trophy and begins applauding.}''

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'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! That was incredible!

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''{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words, like in [[Everybody to the Limit]]. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}''

It is never explained how The Cheat manages to imitate the other characters speaking human language; in all regular toons, The Cheat speaks in his own native "The Cheat" language. In the Georgia Tech appearance, an audience member asked The Brothers Chaps a question concerning this, and Matt Chapman responded in Strong Bad's voice, "The guy's got two throats," and that, "he goes into this secret room when he does the voices, so I never see how he does it." He often incorporates himself into his cartoons, sometimes in a Hitchcock-style cameo, but usually portraying himself as superior to the other characters or receiving some sort of prize. The Cheat has won five prizes for these cartoons in "real" life, including an iron cup full of Brunswick Stew, a pizza for his "Everybody to the Limit" music video, the fabled "Pizza Trophy", a slice of "chinstrap pizza", and another pizza.

These animations show hints of The Cheat's fantasies and possibly insecure personality. The email mile, which The Cheat guest-authored, is an ideal example of what he most desires yet cannot possibly possess. The Cheat shamelessly elevates his status in the eyes of others through praise given by his boss, Strong Bad, while Marzipan finally gives him the attention and affection he has been craving. However, the two rarely exchange words outside of a fabricated Flash universe, despite having gone on one date together.

{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words, like in Everybody to the Limit. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}

STRONG BAD:{overlapping himself} I'm buying you a pizzaaaaa!

{The music stops as he says "pizzaaaaa". A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" fanfare noise.}